Sh!t That Goes On In Our Heads

Anat Peri shares how hitting rock bottom led her to self-love, emotional healing, and the courage to rewrite the childhood patterns shaping her life. In this powerful mental health conversation, G-Rex and Dirty Skittles explore inner child healing, nervous system regulation, codependency recovery, and why learning to feel your feelings can change everything.

Alan Katz, former writer and producer for HBO’s Tales From the Crypt, shares how childhood trauma, self-blame, and a suicidal crisis shaped his mental health journey. In this powerful conversation with G-Rex and Dirty Skittles, Alan reveals how truth-telling, emotional healing, and reconnecting with his younger self helped him find freedom and purpose.

In Part 2, Michael Caprio returns to talk with G-Rex and Dirty Skittles about life after FAP surgery, rare disease advocacy, gratitude, family genetics, and rebuilding mental health beyond survival. This emotional conversation explores colorectal cancer awareness, chronic illness, patient advocacy, and how sharing your story can help others feel less alone.

Michael Caprio joins G-Rex and Dirty Skittles to share his powerful mental health journey after being diagnosed with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis, a rare hereditary condition tied to colorectal cancer risk, at just 18 years old. In Part 1, Michael opens up about FAP, surgery, ostomy recovery, anxiety, medical trauma, and the fight to keep going when life takes a terrifying turn.

Michelle Petties returns for Part 2 to explore body trust, emotional healing, self-care, and life after diet culture. This episode helps listeners understand fear-based eating, weight regain anxiety, and how writing, belief, community, and self-compassion can support lasting food freedom.

Michelle Petties joins G-Rex and Dirty Skittles to talk about food addiction, emotional eating, food noise, and how our old stories shape our relationship with hunger. In this powerful mental health conversation, Michelle shares how brain rewiring, self-awareness, and emotional healing can help listeners move toward food freedom and break free from shame-based diet culture.

Former NFL linebacker Brandon Siler joins G-Rex and Dirty Skittles for a powerful Men’s Mental Health Month conversation about brain health, suicide prevention, athlete mental health, and breaking the stigma around men asking for help. Brandon shares his journey from the NFL to mental health advocacy, using brain mapping, neurofeedback, addiction recovery support, and veteran services to help others heal from invisible injuries and reclaim their lives.

Jason Lange joins G-Rex and Dirty Skittles for a powerful conversation about men’s mental health, vulnerability, emotional healing, and why every man needs a men’s group. Through his own story of isolation, somatic therapy, fatherhood, and embodied men’s work, Jason shows how safe male community can help men stop pretending they’re fine and start showing up fully in life, love, and healing.

Dominic Petty joins G-Rex and Dirty Skittles to explore healing relationship trauma, building self-acceptance, and finding inner peace through emotional intelligence and trauma-informed coaching. This episode offers practical insight into breaking unhealthy relationship cycles, understanding emotions as data, and creating healthier connections without losing yourself.

Dr. Mark Sherwood joins G-Rex and Dirty Skittles for a powerful conversation on functional medicine, mental health, resilience, grief, and becoming a “hope dealer” after life’s hardest hits. This episode explores whole-person healing, mindset, faith, forgiveness, and why you are more than your diagnosis, trauma, or pain.